Would Aristotle really recognize today’s classroom? Not if you change things up a bit. Are today’s students really digital natives, or are they simply distracted by their constant media use? Do you teach the way that you were taught, or are you ready to stretch your teaching comfort zone?
There are myriad tools, methods and strategies available to enhance, facilitate and stimulate today’s learning process. Whether you are a new or veteran teacher, you will experience some of the techniques that current educational researchers report will help keep today’s students engaged and learning.
9. Stretching your Teaching Comfort Zone Media Use Technology Skills Multi-tasking Demands for use in class The Research says … not age or gender but MAJOR use for LIVING not learning suffer from CONSTANT PARTIAL ATTENTION want FTF use media for productivity, convenience, supplement
28. Cool Down Stretch … Even Tables create an Animoto summary of today’s session Odd Tables create a bubbl.us map of today’s session
29. S T R E T C H Stretching your Teaching Comfort Zone
30. Feel free to visit my wiki and blog for more details … http:// allthingsacademic.wordpress.com / Stretching your Teaching Comfort Zone http:// engagingourlearners.pbworks.com
I’d like to welcome you to my comfort zone … I’ve got my course outline, my board, my slides, assignments, labs and a whole mess of other paper, and last but not least, my marks spreadsheet. I’m ready for anything! BUT AM I???
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Meet Chris … one of my future students.
Meet Chris … one of my future students.
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